CVE-2005-4217 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Perl within Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9. The flaw allows attackers to gain elevated privileges due to improper privilege dropping when the "$<" variable is used to set the user ID. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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